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H. C. WASHBURN 

INSTRUCTOR 
U. S. NAVAL ACADEMY 






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PREFACE 

The trophy flags of the United States Navy are the priceless 
symbols, not so much of our captures, as of our long honor roll of 
heroic victories on the high seas, victories won by the consistently 
maintained skill and efficiency, as well as by the traditional daring 
and devotion to duty, of our officers and men. Flags of Great 
Britain, of France, Spain, Mexico, and Korea ; United States en- 
signs side by side with the ensigns of the Confederate States, their 
age, their faded colors, and the security of their repose as they 
hang in draped folds behind the glass of their exhibition cases, are 
significant reminders that we are at peace with those who in the 
past were enemies. The old bunting is treasured for its story of 
brave deeds and noble sacrifice, the heritage of both the victors 
and the vanquished. The bitterness of the conflicts over which 
the flags were flown is lost in the peaceful silence of their resting 
place. 

Since 1847, the gradually increasing collection has been kept at 
the Naval Academy, where, for many years, the flags were ex- 
hibited in the old Naval Institute Hall. In 1901, when this build- 
ing was about to be torn down, the trophies were packed in sealed 
boxes, to await the day when they should be properly preserved 
and placed in the new buildings of the Naval Academy. 

It was known that the flags, when packed away, were in poor 
condition, and it was feared that, in spite of all precautions, they 
would be damaged by moths. Efi^orts to have them put in a per- 
manent state of preservation were, however, unsuccessful until 
1911. 

To Commander William Carey Cole, U. S. N., more than to any 
other individual, is due the credit for the accomplishment of their 
restoration. Early in 191 1, Commander Cole, then officer in charge 
of buildings and grounds at the Naval Academy, began a corre- 
spondence, which included the naval committees of Congress, 
patriotic societies, and the custodians of flag collections. The 
Hon. Curtis Guild, ex-governor of Massachusetts, named as his 
choice of an expert on flag preservation, Mrs. Amelia Fowler, of 
Boston. At the request of Commander Cole, Mrs. Fowler exam- 
ined the flags in April, 1911. She found them so seriously dam- 

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aged by the ravages of moths, as well as the decay of age, that 
no ordinary method of preservation would suffice to insure their 
permanent existence. Her special process consisted in spreading 
the tattered remnants of each f\ag upon a backing of heavy Irish 
linen of neutral color. This delicate work was guided by the orig- 
mal measurement of the flag, by a knowledge of its design, and 
by placing in vertical and horizontal lines the warp and woof 
threads in the fragments of bunting. What remained of the orig- 
inal flag was then sewn firmly to the linen backing by needle- 
women, under Mrs. Fowler's instruction and guidance. The 
stitches, of silk or linen thread, cover the entire surface of the flag 
and its backing, with a very strong, yet hardly visible network, 
of circular meshes about half an inch in diameter. The thread 
is carefully dyed to match the colors of the old flag, however faded 
or stained in varying degrees. Where there are gaps or missing 
parts in the original, the stitches, dyed to match the adjacent edges 
of the old bvmting, complete the design of the flag, and tell graphic- 
ally the story of the pieces that are gone. 

On April 8. 1912, Congress passed an act appropriating $30,000 
for the work of preservation and preparation for exhibition. 
Shortly before the act was passed. Commander Cole held up, 
before the members of the House of Representatives, as an im- 
pressive witness, the disintegrating tatters of Oliver Hazard 
Perry's battle flag, the signal for action at the battle of Lake Erie, 
which bears in rudely fashioned letters the dying words of Captain 
James Lawrence, " Don't Give L"p the Ship." 

On July 12, 1912, Airs. Fowler's needlewomen, who averaged 
40 in number, began the arduous labor of sewing over by hand 
every square inch of the 15,000 square yards of 172 flags. The 
flags were completed, and put on exhibition at the Naval Academy, 
May 16, 1913. They occupy 41 cases, and 23 paneled spaces on the 
ceiling of the Auditorium. 

This volume is published for the convenience of those who 
desire to know the story of each flag in a brief form, whether or 
not they avail themselves of the opportunity to inspect the trophies 
at Annapolis. 

H. C. Washburn. 

Annapolis. July. 1913. 



INSCRIPTIONS 

FOR 

TROPHY FLAGS 

IN 

CEILING 

ACADEMIC BUILDING 




NUMBER 1 



NUMBER 1 

Ensign of the British ship Cyane, Captain 
Gordon Thomas Falcon. Captured by the United 
States frigate Constitution, Captain Charles Stew- 
art. Action fought ofif Madeira, February 20, 
18LS. The Constitution captured the Levant in 
the same action. 




NUMBER 3 



NUMBER 3 

Ensign of the British brig Reindeer, Captain 
WilHam Manners. Captured by the United States 
sloop IV asp, Master Commandant Johnston 
Blakeley. Action fought in latitude 48° 36' north ; 
longitude 11° 15' west, southwest of Land's End, 
England, June 28, 1814. 




NUMBER 4 



NUMBER 4 

Jack of the British frigate Guerricre, Captain 
James Richard Dacres. Captured by the United 
States frigate Constitution, Captain Isaac Hull. 
Action fought in latitude 41° 42' north ; longitude 
55° 48' west, about 750 miles east of Boston, 
August 19, 1812. 






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NUMBER 5 

Pennant of the British frigate Gucrricre, Cap- 
tain James Ricliard Dacres. Captured hy the 
United States frigate Constitution, Captain Isaac 
Hull. Action fought in latitude 41° 42' north: 
longitude 55° 48' west, about 750 miles east of 
Boston, August 19. 1812. 



11 



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THE SHIP 



NUMBER 12 



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NUMBER 12 

Battle flag of the squadron under Master Com- 
mandant Oliver Hazard Perry. Flown success- 
ively on his flagships, the brigs Lawrence and 
Niagara, at the battle of Lake Erie, September 
10. 1813. Made at Erie, by Perry's order, at the 
suggestion of Purser Samuel Hambleton, this 
signal for going into action bears the dying 
words of Captain James Lawrence, mortafly 
wounded in the action between the L^nited States 
frigate Chesapeake and the British frigate Shan- 
non, Captain Philip Bowes Vere Broke. Action 
fought off Boston, June 1, 1813. 



13 




NUMBER 14 



14 



NUMBER 14 

British Royal Standard. Taken from the Parliament House, at 
York, now Toronto, then the capital of Upper Canada, when that 
place was taken by the squadron under Commodore Isaac Chaun- 
cey and a land force under General Zebulon ^Montgomery Pike, 
April 27, 1813. 

The Royal Standard of the P'nited Kingdom of Great Britain 
and Ireland, in the heraldic blazonry here shown, was established 
by George III. It was tirst hoisted on the Tower of London and 
displayed by the Foot Guards, on January 1, 1801. Simultane- 
ously, it was hoisted on Bedford Tower, Dublin, to celebrate the 
legislative union of Great Britain and Ireland. The United King- 
dom dates from the first day of that year. 

The three gold lions, " passant gardant." in the tirst and fourth 
quarters, are for England ; the red lion, " rampant," in the second 
quarter, is for Scotland ; the gold harp, in the third quarter, is for 
Ireland. In the center, the shield or " escutcheon of pretence," 
represents the Hanoverian dominions in Germany, including the 
arms of Brunswick (two gold lions on a red field), of Lunenburg 
( a blue lion, " rampant,"' on a gold field " seme of hearts proper ") , 
and of Saxony (a silver, or white horse, " courant," on a red field). 
The shield in the center of the arms of Hanover is a further escut- 
cheon of pretence, and bears, on a red field, the crown of Charle- 
magne, as the badge of the of^ce of Arch Treasurer to the Holy 
Roman Empire. The arms of Hanover are surmounted by. or 
" ensigned with," the Electoral bonnet, indicating that the ruler 
of Hanover was an Elector of the Holy Roman Empire. 



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NUMBER 24 



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NUMBER 24 

Ensign of the British ship Confiancc, flagship 
of the squadron under Captain George Downie. 
Captured by the squadron under Master Com- 
mandant Thomas Macdonough, at the battle of 
Lake Champlain, off Plattsburgh, September 11, 
1814. 



17 




NUMBER 27 



18 



NUMBER 27 

Ensign of the British sloop Penguin, Captain 
James Dickinson. Captured by the United States 
sloop Hornet, Captain James Biddle. Action 
fought off Tristan da Cunha, in the South Atlan- 
tic, March 23. 1815. 



19 




NUMBER 30 



20 



NUMBER 30 

Ensign of the British ship Levant, Captain the 
Honorable George Douglas. Captured by the 
United States frigate Constitution, Captain 
Charles Stewart. Action fought oil Madeira, 
February 20, 1815. The Constitution captured 
the Cyanc in the same action. 



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NUMBER 40 

Two pennants of the British schooner Chip- 
pezva, Master's Mate John Campbell Captured 
by the squadron under Master Commandant 
OHver Hazard Perry at the battle of Lake Erie, 
September 10, 1813. 



23 



NUMBER 41 



24 



NUMBER 41 

Pennant of the British ship Queen Charlotte. 
Captain Robert Finnis. Captured by the squad- 
ron under Master Commandant Oliver Hazard 
Perry at the battle of Lake Erie, September 10, 
1813. 



25 







NUMBER 45 



26 



NUMBER 45 

Jack of the British cutter Landrail, Lieutenant 
Robert Daniel Lancaster. Captured by the United 
States privateer schooner Syrcii, of Baltimore, 
Captain J. D. Daniels. Action fought in the Eng- 
lish Channel, julv 12, 1814. 



27 




NUMBER 50 



28 



NUMBER 50 

Ensign of the British ship Detroit, flagship of 
the squadron under Commodore Robert Heriot 
Barclay. Captured by the squadron under Master 
Commandant C)hver Hazard Perry at the battle 
of Lake Erie, September 10, 1813. 



29 



NUMBER 52 



30 



NUMBER 52 

Pennant of the British ship Detroit, flagship of 
the squadron under Commodore Robert Heriot 
Barclay. Captured by the squadron under blaster 
Commandant Ohver Hazard Perry at the battle 
of Lake Erie, September 10, 1813. 



31 




NUMBER 53 



32 



NUMBER 53 

Ensign of the British frigate Macedonian, 
Captain John Surnam Garden. Captured by the 
United States frigate United States,, Captain 
Stephen Decatur. Action fought in latitude 29° 
north ; longitude 29° 30' west, west of the Canary 
Islands, October 25, 1812. 



33 




NUMBER 54 



34 



NUMBER 54 

Ensign of the British brig Frolic, Captain 
Thomas Whinyates. Captured by the United 
States sloop JVasp, Master Commandant Jacob 
Jones. xA.ction fought about 500 miles east of 
Chesapeake Bay, October 18, 1812. 



35 




NUMBER 63 



36 



NUMBER 63 

Ensign of the British brig Peacock, Captain 
Wilham Peake. Captured by the United States 
sloop Hornet, Master Commandant James Law- 
rence. Action fought off the mouth of the Dema- 
rara River, British Guiana, February 24, 1813. 



37 




NUMBER 66 



38 



NUMBER 66 

Ensign of the British schooner Lady Prevost, 
Captain Edward Buchan. Captured by the squad- 
ron under Master Commandant Ohver Hazard 
Perry at the battle of Lake Erie. September 10. 
1813^ 



39 




NUMBER 68 



40 



NUMBER 68 

Ensign of the Algerine frigate Mashouda, 
flagship of the squadron under Admiral Rais 
Hammida. Captured by the United States frigate 
Guerricrc, flagship of the squadron under Com- 
modore Stephen Decatur. Action fought in the 
Mediterranean, ofl:' Cape de Gata, Spain, June 17, 
1815. 



41 




NUMBER 70 



42 



NUMBER 70 

Jack of the liritish brig- Ditkc of Gloucester. 
Captured by the squadron under Commodore 
Isaac Chauncey at the attack on York, now 
Toronto, Lake Ontario, Canada, April 27, 1813. 



43 




NUMBER 71 



44 



NUMBER 71 

Ensign of the Algerine brig Estcdio. Cap- 
tured by the United States brigs Epcrvier and 
Spark and the schooners Torch and Spitfire, of 
the squadron under Commodore Stephen Decatur. 
Action fought off Cape Palos, near Albufera. 
Algiers, June 19, 1815. 



45 



NUMBER 12> 



46 



NUMBER 7Z (NEXT TO NUMBER }>2') 

Pennant of the British schooner Lady Prcvost, 
Captain Edward Buchan. Captured by the squad- 
ron under Master Commandant OHver Hazard 
Perry at the battle of Lake Erie, September 10, 
1813. 



47 



NUMBER 75 



48 



NUMBER 75 (IN SPACE WITH 
NUMBER 53) 

Pennant of the British brig Hunter. Lieutenant 
George Bignell. Captured by the squadron under 
Master Commandant Oliver Hazard Perry at the 
battle of Lake Erie, September 10, 1813. 



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INSCRIPTIONS 

FOR 

TROPHY FLAGS 

IN 

CASES 1 TO 37 

ACADEMIC BUILDING 

AND 

CASES 38 TO 41 

BANCROFT HALL 




CASE NUMBER 1 



52 



CASE NUMBER 1 
Catalogue Number 26 

Ensign of the British frigate Java, Captain 
Henry Lambert. Captured by the United States 
frigate Constitution, Captain WilHam Bain- 
bridge. Action fought off the southeast coast of 
Brazil, December 29, 1812. 



53 




CASE NUMBER 2 



54 



CASE NUMBER 2 
Catalogue NUxMber ^7 

Ensign of the British ship Queen Charlotte, 
Captain Robert Finnis. Captured by the squadron 
under Master Commandant OHver Hazard Perry 
at the battle of Lake Erie, September 10, 1813. 



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56 



CASE NUMBER 3 
Catalogue Number 64 

Jack of the British ship Cyanc, Captain Gor- 
don Thomas Falcon, captured by the United 
States frigate Constitution, Captain Charles 
Stewart. Action fought ofif Madeira, February 
20, 1815. The Constitution captured the Levant 
in the same action. 

Catalogue Number 25 

Ensign of the British sloop Little Belt, Lieu- 
tenant Provine. Captured by the squadron under 
Master Commandant Oliver Hazard Perry at the 
battle of Lake Erie, September 10, 1813. 



57 




CASE NUMBER 4 



58 



CASE NUMBER 4 
Catalogue Nu-mber 36 

Ensign of the British brig Boxer, Captain 
Samuel Blythe. Captured by the United States 
brig Enterprise, Lieutenant William Burrows. 
Action fought near Monhegan Island, Maine, 
September 5, 1813. 



59 




CASE NUMBER 5 



60 



CASE NUMBER 5 
Catalogue Number 38 

British ensign marked " Beresford." History 
unknown. Its condition indicates that it was cap- 
tured, probably, in the War of 1812. The addition 
to the British Jack and to the cantons of British 
ensigns of the Red Saltire Cross of Ireland, was 
made by royal proclamation of George III, in 
1801. 



61 




CASE NUMBER 6 



62 



CASE NUMBER 6 

Catalogue Number 39 
Ensign of the British brig Linnet, Captain 
Daniel Pring. Captured by the squadron under 
Master Commandant Thomas Macdonough at 
the battle of Lake Champlain, off Plattsburgh, 
September 11, 1814. 



63 






CASE NUMBER 7 



64 



CASE NUMBER 7 
Catalogue Number 77 

Ensign of the United States battleship Maine, 
Captain Charles Dwight Sigsbee. Blown up in the 
harbor of Havana, Cuba, February 15, 1898. 

Recovered from a locker of the U. S. S. Maine 
after her destruction. Said to be the flag lowered 
at sunset on the evening of February 15, 1898. 



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CASE NUAIBER 8 



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CASE NUMBER 8 
Catalogue Number 33, Above 

Ensign (half torn away) of the British 
schooner Dominica, Lieutenant George Wilmot 
Barrette. Captured by the United States priva- 
teer schooner Decatur, of Charleston, South Caro- 
lina, Captain Dominique Diron. Action fought in 
latitude 23° 4' north; longitude 67° west (south 
of the Bermudas), August 5, 1813. 

Catalogue Number 67, Below 

Jack of the British brig Epervicr, Captain 
Richard Walter Wales. Captured by the United 
States sloop Peacock, Master Commandant Lewis 
Warrington. Action fought off Cape Canaveral, 
Florida, April 29, 1814. 



67 




CASE NUAIBER 9 



CASE NUMBER 9 
Catalogue Number 8 

Ensign of the British schooner Highflyer, 
Lieutenant Wilham Hutchinson. Captured by the 
United States frigate President, Commodore 
John Rodgers. Action fought off New York, 
September 23, 1813. 



69 




CASE NUMBER 10 



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CASE NUMBER 10 
Catalogue Number 168 

Jack of the United States brig Truxtun, Com- 
mander Henry Bruce. The Truxtun grounded 
during the attack on Tuxpan, Mexico, by the 
squadron under Commodore David Conner, Au- 
gust 15, 1846. The guns of the Truxtun and two 
jacks (see Number 169, Case 39, Bancroft Hall) 
were recovered when Tuxpan, under General 
Perfecto de Cos, was taken by a landing force 
under Captain Samuel Livingston Breese, from 
the Gulf Squadron, Commodore Matthew Cal- 
braith Perry, April 18, 1847. 

Catalogue Number 69 

Flag of the United States naval garrison at 
San Jose, Lower California, commanded by 
Lieutenant Charles Heywood. A handful of men 
held the mission house against the Mexican forces 
from November 9, 1847, until relieved by the 
United States ship Cyane, Commander Samuel 
Francis Du Pont, February 16, 1848. Passed 
Midshipman Tennant McLanahan met his death 
duriner an attack on the mission house. 



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CASE NUMBER 11 



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CASE NUMBER 11 
Catalogue Number 6 

Ensign of the British schooner St. Laivrence, 
Lieutenant Henry Cranmer Gordon. Captured 
by the United States privateer Chasseur, Captain 
Thomas Boyle. Action fought off Havana, 
Cuba, February 26, 1815. The St. Laivrence was 
formerly the American privateer Atlas, Captain 
David Maffitt. The Atlas, and the Anaconda, 
Captain Nathaniel Shaler, were captured by a 
landing force from Rear-Admiral Sir George 
Cockburn's squadron at Ocracoke Inlet, North 
Carolina, July 13, 1813, and were taken into the 
British Navy. 

Catalogue Number 42 

Ensign of the British schooner Chippezva, Mas- 
ter's Mate John Campbell. Captured by the 
squadron under Master Commandant Oliver Haz- 
ard Perry at the battle of Lake Erie, September 
10, 1813. 



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CASE NUMBER 12 



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CASE NUMBER 12 
Catalogue Number 55 

Ensign of the British ship-sloop Alert, Cap- 
tain Thomas Lamb Laugharne. Captured by the 
United States frigate Essex, Captain David Por- 
ter. Action fought in the North Atlantic, August 
13, 1812. The Alert was the first ship taken from 
the enemy in the War of 1812. 

Catalogue Number 31 

Ensign of the British brig Hunter, Lieutenant 
George Bignell. Captured by the squadron under 
Master Commandant Oliver Hazard Perry at the 
battle of Lake Erie, September 10, 1813. 



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CASE NUMBER 14 



CASE NUMBER 13 



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CASE NUMBER 13 

Catalogue Number 79, Above 

Ensign of the United States steamer Huron, 
Captain George Parker Ryan. Wrecked on Bodie 
Island, near Kittyhawk, north of Cape Hatteras, 
November 24, 1877. Four officers and thirty- 
one men were saved from a complement of nearly 
one hundred. 

Catalogue Number 43, Below 

Mexican ensign captured at Mazatlan, Mexico, 
Colonel Rafael Telles, by a landing force from the 
Independence, the Congress and the Cyane, Com- 
modore William Branford Shubrick, November 
11, 1847. 

CASE NUMBER 14 

Catalogue Number 15 

Ensign of the French frigate llnsurgente, 
Captain Michel Pierre Barreaut. Captured by 
the United States frigate Constellation, Captain 
Thomas Truxtun. Action fought off the Island 
of Nevis, West Indies, February 9, 1799. 



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CASE NUMBER 15 



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CASE NUMBER 15 
Catalogue Number 35 

Chinese (Boxer) artillery flag. The Chinese 
character i^ means " artillery " ; used also for 
" cannon." Captured under fire from a Boxer 
barricade by Joseph Mitchell, gunner's mate, first 
class, of the legation guard at Peking, China, dur- 
ing the siege of the legations by the Boxers, July 
12, 1900. 

Gunner's Mate Mitchell was accompanied in his 
dash from the line of defence by a British marine, 
who met his death. They were covered by Private 
Young, of the United States Marines, who, by his 
accurate fire, kept the Boxers down. 



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CASE NUMBER 16 



CASE NUMBER 16 

Catalogue Number 7S, (Attached to Number 58) 

British guidon, known as a " King's guidon." History obscure. 
The original inscription states that it was " presented by John 
Wilson, Bedford, L. I.'' Bedford, Long Island, was situated 
where part of the city of Brooklyn now stands. In the Brooklyn 
" Star" of July 8, 1812, appeared this announcement: "A new 
company of horse or flying artillery is lately raised in this vicinity 
under the command of Captain John Wilson. This company 
promises, under the able management of Captain Wilson, to equal, 
if not excel, any company in the state.'' 

The blazonry of the Royal Arms on this guidon, together with 
the Roman numeral III, above the G R, places it in the reign of 
George III, previous to 1801, so far as heraldry is concerned. In 
1801 the royal arms and standards were changed to the blazonry 
shown on the royal standard (Number 14). This does not neces- 
sarily preclude the possibility that a British regiment or cavalry 
troop might have carried a flag, the heraldic form of which was of 
a former date. 

Catalogue Number 58 

Silk flag with nine horizontal stripes, the hoist being uppermost 
as it is hung in the case. History unknown. The stripes were 
originally, it is thought, red and yellow, and they alternate, begin- 
ning with a red stripe at the top. 

According to a painting in the Administration Building, Naval 
Academy, on which the artist, M. Corne, has inscribed the date 
1805, the military flag of Tripoli, pictured as flown from the 
Tripolitan batteries during Commodore Edward Preble's bombard- 
ment in 1803, had alternate red and yellow stripes, seven in num- 
ber, and arranged horizontally. 

This flag. Number 58, was catalogued in 1888 as captured from 
the British brig Epcrvier. 



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CASE NUMBER 17 



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CASE NUMBER 17 
Catalogue Number 76 

Jack of the United States battleship Maine, 
Captain Charles Dwight Sigsbee. Blown up in 
the harbor of Havana, Cuba, February 15, 1898. 

This is the Union Jack which was in daily use 
on the old U. S. S. Maine at the time of her 
destruction. It was found rolled up at the foot of 
the jack staff, ready to be hoisted the following 
morning. After the destruction of the ship it was 
turned over to the American Consul General, who 
later sent it to the Secretary of the Navy. By 
direction of the Secretary it was placed on exhi- 
bition at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition. 



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CASE NU-AIBER 18 



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CASE NUMBER 18 
Catalogue Number 60, Above 

The red border extends completely round the flag, as cannot 
be seen in the case because the hoist and the fly are folded back. 
The history of this flag is unknown. 

Catalogue Number 2 

History unknown. A British jack. Hoist and fly folded back. 
Length, 8 feet 11 inches; width, 4 feet 8 inches. Marked in ink 
on the hoist " Avon." In all probability, this is not the jack of the 
British brig Avon, Captain the Honorable James Arbuthnot, de- 
feated by the United States sloop IVasp, Master Commandant 
Johnston Blakeley, in British waters, on the night of September 1, 
1814. Blakeley did not know the name of the vessel he engaged. 
At 10 p. m. the stranger's fire ceased. At 10.12 Blakeley hailed to 
ask if she had surrendered. The reply was " yes." The Wasp 
was about to lower a boat when suddenly another ship appeared. 
The boat was ordered back and the men sent to quarters. At 
10.36 two more vessels were discovered standing toward the JVasp. 
Blakeley then stood away with the second stranger in chase. He 
escaped and continued his cruise, not knowing the name or the 
fate of his antagonist. It was afterward known that she was 
the Avon. The vessel that came to the rescue of the Avon was a 
British brig, the Castilian, Captain David Brainier, who reported 
chasing the Avon's assailant at about lip. m. on September 1, 
1814. The difference in time reported by Braimer is negligible. 
The Avon made repeated signals of distress, and (11.55) Captain 
Braimer was informed by Captain Arbuthnot that the Avon was 
sinking. At 1 a. m., on the 2d, just as the last boat from the 
Castilian had pushed off from the Avon, the British brig went 
down. 

The Wasp never returned to port. After capturing three mer- 
chantmen, Blakeley sent one of them, the Atalanta, with his official 
reports, to Savannah, in charge of Midshipman David Geisinger. 
The Atalanta bore the last intelligence ever received from the 
Wasp, which was lost at sea. 



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CASE NUMBER 20 



CASE NUMBER 19 



CASE NUMBER 19 

Catalogue Number 19, Above 

The first U, S. ensign hoisted in Japan. Used by Commodore 
Matthew Calbraith Perry, at his interview with the Imperial 
commissioners, Toda, Prince of Idzu, and Ido, Prince of Iwami, at 
Uraga, near Yokohama, July 14, 1853, when a letter from Presi- 
dent FiUmore was deHvered in state. On March 31, 1854, Com- 
modore Perry signed, at Yokohama, a provisional treaty, by which 
the ports of Hakodate and Simoda were later opened to American 
commerce. 

Catalogue Number 81, Below, on the Left 

The flag of the Sagiiiazv's gig. The U. S. steamer Saginazv, 
Lieutenant Commander Montgomery Sicard, was w^recked on 
Ocean Island, about 50 miles west of the Midway Islands, Pacific 
Ocean, on October 29, 1870. Lieutenant John Gunnel Talbot 
volunteered to take the gig to the Hawaiian Islands, a sailing 
voyage of 1500 miles, to obtain relief. He took with him four 
volunteers, Coxwain William Halford, Quartermaster Peter Fran- 
cis, Seaman John Andrews, and Seaman James Muir. The gig 
left Ocean Island, November 18, 1870, and reached the Island of 
Kauai, December 19, 1870. Halford was the sole survivor. His 
message enabled the Royal Hawaiian steamer KilaitecL. to rescue 
the officers and crew of the Saginazv, January 3, 1871. The sextant 
used in navigating the gig was designed, and constructed from 
fragments of the wreck, on Ocean Island, by 2d Assistant Engineer 
Plerschel Main. It is preserved at the Department of Marine 
Engineering, Naval Academy. The gig is preserved at the De- 
partment of Seamanship. 

Catalogue Number 83, Below, on the Right 

Ensign of the U. S. ironclad ship N'ezv Ironsides. Named 
in honor of Old Ironsides (frigate Constitution) . The Nezi; Iron- 
sides was considered the most powerful vessel in the Union Navy 
during the Civil War. This ensign was hoisted on the Nezv 
Ironsides, Commodore Stephen Clegg Rowan, during a duel with 
Fort ]Moultrie, Charleston, South Carolina, September 8, 1863. A 
new flag, it was used only on that day, and, being torn by shell frag- 
ments, w^as thereafter preserved by Commodore Rowan and his de- 
scendants. On the night of September 7, the monitor Wechazvken, 
Captain John Rodgers, ran aground near Morris Island. At day- 
break she was exposed to a heavy fire from the forts. While the 
monitors of the squadron engaged other batteries. Commodore 
Rowan placed the Nczv Ironsides between the Weehazvken and 
Fort Moultrie, silencing the Confederate guns after a duel of 
three hours. The WceJiazvkcn floated with high tide at 4 p. m. 

CASE NUMBER 20 

Catalogue Number 95, Below 

Flag flown at the main of the Spanish cruiser Don Antonio de 
UUoa, Captain Enrique Robiou, when, refusing to surrender, the 
UUoa sank with her guns still blazing defiance, and all flags flying, 
at the battle of Manila Bay, Alay 1, 1898. 

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CASE NUMBER 21 
Number 22, on the Left 

Ensign of the Confederate States ram Albe- 
marle, Lieutenant Alexander F. Warley. Sunk 
with a spar torpedo handled from a picket launch 
by Lieutenant William Barker Cushmg, at Plym- 
outh, Roanoke River, North Carolina, on the 
night of October 27, 1864. 

This ensign was taken shortly afterward, at the 
capture of Plymouth. 

CatxVlogue Number 13, on the Right 

Ensign of the United States sloop-of-war 
Kearsarge, Captain John Ancrum Winslow. 
Hoisted at the main during the action between the 
Kearsarge and the Confederate States commerce- 
destroying cruiser Alabama, Captain Raphael 
Semmes, off Cherbourg, France, June 19, 1864. 



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Catalogue Number 16 

standard of korean generalissimo 

The characters Bijl mean " Generalissimo " or " commander-in- 
chief," and are similar in form to the Chinese characters having the 
same use. 

Captured under fire from the main redoubt, " Fort McKee," of 
the Korean forts at Kang- Hoa, on the Salee or Han River, north of 
Chemulpo and west of Seoul, by Private Hugh Purvis, Private 
Brown, and Captain McLane Tilton, of the detachment of marines 
under Captain Tilton, in the landing force under Commander 
Lewis Ashfield Kimberly, from the squadron under Rear-Admiral 
John Rodgers. June 11, 1871. 

Rear-Admiral Rodgers' squadron escorted the American min- 
ister to China, Mr. Frederick Ferdinand Low, on a diplomatic 
mission to Korea. During the negotiations the squadron lay at 
Boisee anchorage. On June 1, by permission of the Korean 
authorities at Seoul, the U. S. S. Monocacy, Commander Edward 
Price McCrea, was sent up the river to make surveys. Without 
warning, two launches engaged in charting were fired on by the 
forts at Kang Hoa. Two seamen were wounded. The Monocacy 
silenced the forts and returned to Boisee. Rear-Admiral Rod- 
gers, after consulting with Minister Low, informed the Koreans 
that they would be given ten days in which to make an explanation. 
They refused to recognize the demand. On June 10 the landing 
force of 536 seamen and 105 marines, with 7 howitzers, destroyed 
the lower forts and encamped for further operations. On the 11th, 
covered by the \J. S. S. Palos, Lieutenant Charles H. Rockwell, the 
landing force stormed the main redoubt, charging up a steep hill 
and scaling the walls. Lieutenant Hugh Wilson McKee, the first 
to enter the fort, was mortally wounded. His assailant was shot 
down by Lieutenant Commander Winfield Scott Schley. The 
Koreans expected no quarter and gave none, the fort being cap- 
tured only when the last defender was killed. Li dismantling the 
five forts, the landing force captured or destroyed 481 pieces of 
ordnance and 150 flags, many of which are in this collection. The 
operations were directed by Commander Homer C. Blake. U. S. S. 
Alaska. In February, 1871, Mr. Low negotiated a treaty with 
Korea by which the L^nited States acquired certain commercial 
rights and the Korean government agreed to safeguard the lives 
and property of shipwrecked American sailors. 

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CASE NUMBER 23 

Catalogue Number 171 

Jack of the British ship Detroit, flagship of 
Commodore Robert Heriot Barclay. Captured 
by the squadron under Master Commandant 
Oliver Hazard Perry at the battle of Lake Erie, 
September 10, 1813. 



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CASE NUMBER 24 
Catalogue Number 170 

Ensign of the French corvette le Berccau, 
Captain Louis Andre Senes. Captured by the 
United States ship Boston, Captain George Little. 
Action fought in latitude 22° 50' north ; longitude 
51° west, northeast of Guadeloupe, West Indies, 
October 12, 1800. 



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CASE NUMBER 25 

Catalogue Number 28 

Ensign of the British sloop Chub, Lieutenant 
James McGhie. Captured by the squadron under 
Master Commandant Thomas Macdonough at the 
battle of Lake Champlain, September 11, 1814. 



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CASE NUMBER 26 
Catalogue Number 9 

Admiral's flag. Flown by Admiral David Glas- 
gow Farragut on the U. S. S. Tallapoosa, his last 
command, 1870. 



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CASE NUMBER 27 
Catalogue Number 65 

Mexican ensign. Captured at Monterey, California, by a land- 
ing force of 250 seamen and marines, commanded by Captain 
\\'illiam Mervine, from tbe Saz'aiiiiali, the Warren, the Cyane and 
the Levant, Commodore John Drake Sloat, July 7, 1846. 

Catalogue Number 20 

Mexican ensign. Marked " San Juan." History obscure. Taken, 
probably, from the fortress of " San Juan de Ulloa," the citadel of 
Vera Cruz, Mexico, when the city surrendered to the forces of 
General Winfield Scott and the squadron under Commodore Mat- 
thew Calbraith Perry, March 28, 1847. 

Catalogue Number 7 

]\'Iexican ensign. Captured at Tuxpan, General Perfecto de 
Cos, by a landing force under Captain Samuel Livingston Breese, 
from the Gulf Squadron, Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry, 
April 18, 1847. 

Catalogue Number 51 

Mexican ensign. Captured at Mazatlan, Colonel Rafael Telles, 
by a landing force from the Independence, the Conf^ress and the 
Cyane, Commodore William Branford Shubrick, November 11, 
1847. 

Catalogue Number 152 

Korean flag. Captured by Landsman ]\Iark Harris, U. S. S. 
Colorado. The characters mean " inspection " and to " tour." 
This is probably the standard of an official sent on a tour of 
inspection. 

Catalogue Number 61 

Mexican cavalry guidon. " Escuadron activo de Vera Cruz " 
(Vera Cruz Squadron-of-the-Line). Captured, probably, by the 
naval force from the squadron under Commodore Matthew Cal- 
braith Perry, during the investment of Vera Cruz, or at its sur- 
render, ]\Iarch 28, 1847. 

Catalogue Number 62 

Mexicon cavalry guidon. " Escuadron Activo de Jalapa " (Ja- 
lapa Squadron-of-the-Line). Captured, probably, by the naval 
force from the squadron under Commodore Matthew Calbraith 
Perrv, during the investment of \'era Cruz, or at its surrender, 
March 28, 1847. 



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CASE NUMBER 28 
Catalogue Number 143 
Jack of the Spanish gunboat Don Jorge Juan, captured by the 
United States gunboat Annapolis, Commander John Jacob Hun- 
ker, at the capture of Nipe Bay, Cuba, July 1, 1898. 

Catalogue Number 93 

Spanish ensign with bkie letters L M, which may stand for 
" Liga Maritima," or Maritime League. Dewey collection. " Taken 
from vessels and arsenal after the battle of Manila Bay, Mav 1, 
1898." 

Catalogue Number 91 

Captain's pennant from the Spanish cruiser Don Juan de Aus- 
tria, Captain Juan de la Concha, captured by the squadron under 
Commodore George Dewey at the battle of Manila Bay, May 1, 
1898. 

Catalogue Number 110 

Flag of insurgent Filipinos. Captured at Fort Iloilo by a land- 
ing force under Lieutenant Albert Parker Niblack, from the 
U. S. S. Boston, Captain George Francis Faxon Wilde, and the 
U. S. S. Petrel, Commander Charles Carpenter Cornwell, February 
11,1899. 

Catalogue Number 118 

Flag of capitan de navio (captain, junior grade), command- 
ing division. Spanish Navy. Dewey collection. " Taken from 
vessels after the battle of Manila Bay, May 1, 1898." 

Catalogue Number 120 
Spanish merchant ensign. Dewey collection. " Taken from 
Cavite arsenal after the battle of Manila Bay, May 1, 1898." 

Catalogue Number 90 
Spanish flag. Silk. LTnusual armorial. Taken by the United 
States cruiser Charleston, Captain Henry Glass, at the surrender 
of Guam, Mariana Islands, Governor Juan Marina, June 21, 1898. 

Catalogue Number 117 
Spanish captain's pennant. Dewey collection. " Taken from 
vessels after the battle of Manila Bay, May 1, 1898." 

Catalogue Number 172 
Surrender flag of Cavite, Manila Bay. A sheet, hoisted May 1, 
1898, about mid-day, after negotiations following the battle of 
Manila Bay. Presumably from the household of a Spanish officer. 
Bears the monogram E S or S E. 

Catalogue Number 135 
Small Spanish naval ensign, " bandera de popa," or stern flag. 
Captured at the battle of Manila Bay, May 1, 1898. 

Catalogue Number 97 
Flag of capitan de navio, 1^ clase (captain, senior grade), 
commanding division, Spanish Navy. Dewey collection. " Taken 
from vessels after the battle of Manila Bay, May 1, 1898." 

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^ Purity ;^E Charity ==e Courage = = Reverence 

s^ Love ^^ Benevolence h::h Honesty ^^ Esteem 

CASE NUMBER 29 
Catalogue Number 162 

Korean flag. Pennant attached. Captured by Seaman Frank McGregor, 
U. S. S. Colorado, June 11, 1871. All the Korean flags in this collection were 
captured on tliis day, at the punitive attack on the forts at Kang Hoa, Salee 
River, near Boisee Anchorage, Korea, by a landing force under Commander 
Lewis Ashfield Kimberly, from the squadron under Rear-Admiral John 
Rodgers. 

Catalogue Number 148 

Korean flag. The seal, or device, in blue, and the bird symbol, represent 
" fire,"" one of the " five elements of creation." Captured by Private Cannon, 
Marine, U. S. S. Colorado. 

Catalogue Number 163 
Korean flag. See list of Captors Unassigned, below. 

Catalogue Number 160 

Korean bannerette. Significance of the design not known. Captured by 
Ordinary Seaman Thomas Woods, U. S. S. Alaska. 

C.vrALOGUE Number 159 
Korean flag. Significance of the horseman device not known. 

Catalogue Number 157 

Korean bannerette. The eight national symbols of Korea are translated 
above. Captured by Ordinary Seaman Michael Thomas, U. S. S. Colorado. 

Catalogue Number 147 
Korean flag. The seal, or device, in red, and the dragon-fly symbol, repre- 
sent " earth," one of the " five elements of creation." Captured by Private 
Halpin, marine, U. S. S. Colorado. 

Catalogue Number 44 
Korean bannerette. Captured by Ordinary Seaman Edward Heintze, 
U. S. S. Colorado. 

Catalogue Number 34 
Korean flag. Captured by Seaman John Antoski, U. S. S. Colorado. 

Catalogue Number 10 

Chinese pirate flag. Bears in the center the Korean national symbol, the 
Yang Ying, defaced by dots. The border is a geometrical arrangement of 
the eight symbols shown on Numbers 157 and 44, indicating possibly that the 
pirates were Koreans. Captured from a pirate battery at Coula, on the 
Island of Tylo, or Tai-Lo, eleven miles southeast of Macao, China, Novem- 
ber 13, 1854. The U. S. S. Macedonian, Captain Joel Abbot, acting in concert 
with a force from the British fleet, sent her pinnace to aid in the destruction 
of the pirate settlement. The chartered steamer Queen. Lieutenant George 
Henry Preble, landed the pinnace, in charge of Acting Master John Glendy 
Sproston. During the destruction of the settlement, Sproston's men cap- 
tured this flag. 

Catalogue Number 11 

Korean flag. Captured b}- Ordinary Seaman Thomas Woods. U. S. S. 
Colorado. 

Captors of Korean flags unassigned (Cases 27, 29, 30). Seaman James 
Corcoran, Landsman C. S. Williams, Landsman Charles Johnson and 

Donlan. 

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CASE NUMBER 30 

Catalogue Number 161 

Korean guidon. Characters read : " Flag of captain of 1st company, rear 
battalion. 1st regiment." Captured, as were all the Korean flags in this col- 
lection, at the punitive attack on the forts at Kang Hoa, on the Salee or Han 
River, near Boisec Anchorage, by a landing force under Commander Lewis 
Ashfield Kimberly, disembarked from the squadron under Rear-Admiral 
John Rodgers, June 10-11, 1871. Captured by Private McGranville, Marine, 
U. S. S. Colorado. 

Catalogue Number 155 

Korean flag. The seal, or device, in white, and the turtle symbol, represent 
" water," one of the " five elements of creation." Captured by Private of 
Marines John Davis, U. S. S. Colorado, June 11, 1871. 

Catalogue Number 154 

Korean guidon. Characters read : " Flag of captain of 2d company, rear 
battalion, 1st regiment." 

Catalogue Number 166 

Korean flag. Half torn away. Apparently similar in design to Number 
155. Captured by Corporal Jno. McDevitt, Marine, U. S. S. Alaska. 

Catalogue Number 167 

Korean guidon. " Swallowtail." 

Catalogue Number 46 

Korean flag. The seal, or device, in red, and the dragon-fly symbol, repre- 
sent " earth," one of the "five elements of creation." Captured by Private 
of Marines Lyons, U. S. S. Colorado, June 11, 1871. 

Catalogue Number 18 

Korean bannerette. The eight national symbols of Korea read, from 
bottom to top : " Esteem, Reverence, Honesty, Courage, Benevolence, 
Charity, Love, Purity." Captured by Seaman Jno. Shoemaker, IJ. S. S. 
Colorado, June 11, 1871. The staff belongs to Number 150. 

Catalogue Number 150 

Korean flag. The seal, or device, in black, and the dragon symbol, repre- 
sent " wood," one of the " five elements of creation." Captured by A. Mor- 
ris, captain of the mizzen top, U. S. S. Colorado, June 11, 1871. 

Catalogue Number 158 

Korean bannerette. Symbols same as on Number 18. Captured by Lands- 
man M. Anderson, U. S. S. Benicia. 

Catalogue Number 151 

Korean guidon (Back of case). 

Catalogue Number 156 

Korean guidon (Back of case). 

Catalogue Number 149 
Korean flag. Brocade silk. 

Catalogue Number 165 

Korean flag. Captured by M. Tate, U. S. S. Benicia. Upper row of 
characters mean " sunk," " ditch," " military corps " ; right-hand row, 
"brigand capturing," "corps"; left-hand row, "lance corporal" and 
" ," a proper name ( ?) . 

Catalogue Number 164 

Korean flag. The Korean character means (1) "gold." (2) "metal," (3) 
used as a surname. Probably the name of an officer on his standard. 

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CASE NUMBER 31 
Catalogue Number 102 
Spanish boat flag. Dewey collection. " Taken from vessels 
after battle of Manila Bay, May 1, 1898." 

Catalogue Number 121 
Boat flag" of Governor General of the Philippines. Dewey col- 
lection. *' Taken from vessels after battle of Manila Bav, May 1, 
1898." 

Catalogue Number 88 
Spanish flag. Taken at Guam, Mariana Islands, when the colony 
was surrendered by Governor Juan Marina to the U. S. S. Charles- 
ton, Captain Henry Glass, June 21, 1898. 

Catalogue Number 100 
Spanish ensign. Taken from Cavite arsenal, Manila. Dewey 
collection. " Taken from vessels after battle of Manila Bay, May 
1, 1898." 

Catalogue Number 85 
Flag of Captain General, Spanish Army. Dewey collection. 
" Taken from Cavite arsenal after the battle of Manila Bav, May 
1,1898." 

Catalogue Number 136 
Ensign of the Spanish armed transport Cchii. Captured at 
Manila, August, 1898. 

Catalogue Number 139 
Flag of capitan de navio (captain, junior grade), commanding 
division. Dewey collection. " Taken from vessels after battle 
of Manila Bay, May 1, 1898." 

Catalogue Number 141 
Flag of capitan de fragata (commander), commanding divi- 
sion. Dewey collection. " Taken from vessels after battle of 
Manila Bay, May 1, 1898." 

Catalogue Number 124 
Spanish ensign. Dewey collection. " Taken from vessels after 
the battle of Manila Bay, May 1, 1898." 

Catalogue Number 87 
Official flag of Guam, Mariana Islands. Taken at the surrender 
of Guam by the U. S. S. Charleston, Captain Henry Glass. June 21, 
1898. 

Catalogue Number 140 
Spanish rear-admiral's boat flag. Dewey collection. Taken 
from vessels after battle of Manila Bay. 

Catalogue Number 123 
Spanish ensign. Dewey collection. " Taken from vessels after 
the battle of Manila Bay, May 1, 1898." 

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CASE NUMBER 32 
Catalogue Number 57 

Broad pennant of Commodore of the White, 
United States Navy. 1776, 1860 (a replica). 

Catalogue Number 17 
History unknown. 

Catalogue Number 56 

Broad pennant of Commodore of the Red, 
United States Navy, 1776, 1860 (a replica). 

Catalogue Number 49 
Replica of Continental flag, period, 1775-1777. 

Catalogue Number 48 

Replica of Continental flag, period, \773-\777. 
The design of the flag used by the American 
troops at the battle of Bunker Hill. 



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CASE NUMBER 33 

Catalogue Number 107, on the Left 
Flag" of Rear Admiral, Spanish Navy. Dewey 
collection. " Taken from vessels after the battle 
of Manila Bay, May 1. 1898." 

Catalogue Number 137, Back, Center 
Battle flag- of the Spanish cruiser Cristobal 
Colon, Captain Jose Maria de Paredes. Captured 
by the squadron under Rear Admiral William 
Thomas Sampson at the battle off Santiago de 
Cuba, July 3, 1898. 

Catalogue Number 134, on the Right 
Flag of Rear Admiral, Spanish Navy. Taken 
from the cruiser Cristobal Colon, Captain Jose 
Maria de Paredes, after the battle of Santiago 
de Cuba by men from the United States battle- 
ship Oregon, Captain Charles Edgar Clark, July 
3, 1898. 

Catalogue Number 99, Left-hand Easel 
Spanish ensign. Dewey collection. " Taken 

from vessels after battle of Manila Bay, May 1, 

1898." 

Catalogue Number 105, Central Easel 
Spanish ensign " bandera tope trinquete " 
(ensign hoisted at the fore topmast). Dewey col- 
lection. " Taken from vessels after the battle of 
Manila Bay, May 1, 1898." 

Catalogue Number 145, Right-hand Easel 
Spanish ensign, with blue letters R H, which 
stand for " Resguarda de Hacienda" (Customs 
Service, Philippine Islands). Dewey collection. 
" Taken from Cavite arsenal after battle of 
Manila Bay, May 1, 1898." 



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CASE NUMBER 34 
Catalogue Number 132, on the Left 

Spanish ensign. Dewey collection. " Taken 
from vessels after battle of Manila Bay, May 1, 
1898." 

Catalogue Number 113, Back, Center 

Official flag of Manila. Hauled down by Flag- 
Lieutenant Thomas Mason Brumby and Signal 
Boys Stanton and Ferguson, of the flagship 
Olyinpia, August 13, 1898. 

Catalogue Number 98, on the Right 

Spanish ensign. Dewey collection. " Taken 
from vessels after battle of Manila Bay, May 1, 
1898." 

Catalogue Number 109, Left-hand Easel 

Pennant of capitan de navio, first class (cap- 
tain, senior grade), commanding division, Span- 
ish Navy. Dewey collection. " Taken from 
vessels after battle of Manila Bay, May 1, 1898." 

Catalogue Number 114, Central Easel 

Flag of Rear Admiral Patricio Montojo, com- 
manding the Spanish Asiatic Squadron. Flown 
on his flagship, the cruiser Reina Cristina, Cap- 
tain Luis Cadarso. Captured by the squadron 
under Commodore George Dewey at the battle of 
Manila Bay, May 1, 1898. 

Catalogue Number 103, Right-hand Easel 

Spanish merchant flag. Dewey collection. 
■" Taken from Cavite arsenal. May 1, 1898." 



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CASE NUMBER 35 
Catalogue Number 92, on the Left 

Spanish ensign. Dewey collection. " Taken 
from Cavite arsenal, May 1, 1898." 

Catalogue Number 125, Center 

Ensign of the Spanish cruiser Don Antonio dc 
Ulloa, Captain Enrique Robiou. The last flag 
flown by the Spanish squadron at the battle of 
Manila Bay. Hauled down by Lieutenant Charles 
Peshall Plunkett, at 5 p. m., May 1, 1898. 

Catalogue Number 96, on the Right 

Spanish ensign. Dewey collection. " Taken 
from vessels after battle of Manila Bay, May 1, 
1898." 

Catalogue Number 112, Left-hand Easel 

Flag of Spanish Governor General. Dewey col- 
lection. " Taken from Cavite arsenal, May 1, 
1898." 

Catalogue Number 130, Central Easel 

Ensign of the Spanish destroyer Furor, Lieu- 
tenant Diego Carlier. Captured by the United 
States converted yacht Gloucester, Lieutenant 
Commander Richard Wainwright. The Glouces- 
ter destroyed the Furor and the Plnton at the 
battle off Santiago de Cuba, July 3, 1898. 

Catalogue Number 111, Right-hand Easel 

Flag of Spanish Governor General. Dewey 
collection. " Taken from Cavite arsenal, May 1, 
1898." 



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CASE NUMBER 36 
Catalogue Number 126, Left Side 
Flag of Spanish captain general (army). Dewey collection. 
*' Taken from Cavite arsenal after the battle of Manila Bay, May 1, 
1898." 

Catalogue Number 94, Back, Left 
Spanish ensign. Dewey collection. " Taken from vessels after 
the battle of lAlanila Bay, May 1, 1898." 

Catalogue Number 142, Back, Center 
Battle flag of the Spanish gunboat Don Jorge Juan, captured 
by the United States gunboat Annapolis, Commander John Jacob 
Hunker, at the capture of Nipe Bay, Cuba, July 21, 1898. The 
Topcka, Lieutenant Commander William Sheffield Cowles ; the 
IV asp, Lieutenant Aaron Ward ; and the Leydcn, Ensign Walter 
Selwyn Crosley, took part in the action. 

Catalogue Number 104, Back, Right 
Spanish naval ensign, taken from Corregidor Island, Manila 
Bay, by Lieutenant Commander George Partridge Colvocoresses, 
May 3, 1898. 

Catalogue Nuaiber 127, Right Side 
Flag of Spanish captain general (army). Dewey collection. 
" Taken from Cavite arsenal after the battle of Manila Bay, May 
1, 1898." 

Catalogue Number 133, Left-hand Easel 
The first Spanish flag hauled down in Porto Rico by United 
States forces. Captured at Guanica. July 25, 1898. The United 
States converted yacht Gloucester, Lieutenant Commander Rich- 
ard Wainwright, landed a force of 28 seamen, under the command 
of Lieutenant Harry McLaren Pinkney Huse. Guanica was taken 
and held until relieved by the landing of army forces. 

Catalogue Number 84. Central Easel 
Flag of Spanish Governor General. Dewey collection. " Taken 
after the battle of Manila Bay, May 1, 1898." 

Catalogue Number 128, Right-hand Easel 
Spanish ensign. Dewey collection. " Taken from vessels after 
the battle of Manila Bay, May 1, 1898." 

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CASE NUMBER 37 
Catalogue Number 89, Left Side 
Spanish flag taken by the United States cruiser Charleston, 
Captain Henry Glass, at the surrender of Guam, Mariana Islands, 
Governor Juan Marina, June 21, 1898. 

Catalogue Number 106, Back, Left 
Spanish ensign. Dewey collection. " Taken from vessels after 
the battle of Manila Bay, May 1, 1898." 

Catalogue Number 129, Back, Center 
Ensign of the Spanish armed steamer Santo Domingo. Cap- 
tured by the United States auxiliary cruiser Eagle, Lieutenant 
William Henry Hudson Southerland, off Piedras Point, west of 
the Isle of Pines, on the southwest coast of Cuba, July 12, 1898. 
The letters C M stand for " correo maritimo " (mail steamer). 

Catalogue Number 122, Back, Right 
Unfinished Spanish ensign. Dewey collection. " Taken from 
Cavite arsenal after the battle of Manila Bay, May 1, 1898." 

Catalogue Number 144, Right Side 
Spanish flag hauled down from the palace of Governor Juan 
Marina, at the surrender of Guam, Mariana Islands, June 21, 1898. 

Catalogue Number 86, Left Easel 
Small ensign of the Spanish cruiser Don Antonio de Ulloa, 
Captain Enrique Robiou. Taken after the battle of Manila Bay, 
May 1, 1898. 

Catalogue Number 108, Central Easel 
Flag of brigadier general, Spanish Army. Dewey collection. 
" Taken from Cavite arsenal after the battle of Manila Bay, May 
1, 1898." 

Catalogue Number 101, Right Easel, Left Side 
Broad pennant of capitan de fragata (commander) command- 
ing division. Dewey collection. " Taken from vessels after the 
battle of Manila Bay, May 1, 1898." 

Catalogue Number 115, Right Easel, Right Side 
Pennant of senior ofiicer, Spanish Navy. Dewey collection. 
" Taken from vessels after the battle of ^lanila Bay, May 1, 1898." 

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CASE NUMBER 3S. BANCROFT HALL 
Catalogue Number 29, on the Left 

Pennant of the Algerine brig Estcdio. Captured by the United 
States brigs Epervicr and Spark and the schooners Torch and 
Spitfire of the squadron under Commodore Stephen Decatur. 
Action fouglit off Cape Palos, near Albufera, Algiers, June 19, 
1815. 

Catalogue Number 173 

Boat flag and stafif (inscribed) from the L^nited States sloop-of- 
war Vandalia. Wrecked in a hurricane in the harbor of Apia, 
Samoa. iMarch 16, 1889 (see Number 72, Case 40). 

Catalogue Number 21, L'pper Right-hand Corner 

Ensign of the United States steamer Spitfire. The Spitfire, under 
Commander Josiah Tattnall, took part in the attacks on Tampico, 
]\Iexico, November 14, 1846, and on Panuco, Mexico, November 
19, 1846. in the squadron under Captain David Conner. On March 
10, 1847, Tattnall played a brilliant part in the bombardment of 
Vera Cruz, closing in at a range of less than a mile to discover the 
position of the Mexican guns. On March 23, 1847, with the Spit- 
fire and the I'ixeii, Tattnall steamed within grapeshot of Bastion 
San lago, Point Honorios, Vera Cruz, and maintained a heavy fire 
for an hour. On April 18, 1847, Captain Matthew Calbraith Perry, 
in the Spitfire, led the attack on Tuxpan, Mexico. Under Lieu- 
tenant Samuel Phillips Lee, the Spitfire took part in the second 
expedition against Tobasco, Mexico, June 30, 1847. 

Catalogue Number 59, on the Right 

Jack of the Confederate States ram Atlanta (formerly the iron 
merchant steamer Fingal), Captain William A. Webb. Captured 
by the United States monitor Weehaivkcn, Captain John Rodgers. 
Action fought in Warsaw Sound, Georgia, June 17, 1863. The 
Atlanta ran aground shortly after opening fire. The Weehazvken 
approached within 300 yards and forced the surrender. Five 
shots were fired by the IVeehaivken, four striking and three pene- 
trating the ram's armor. The Atlanta was taken into the service 
and remained in the North Atlantic Squadron until the close of the 
Civil War. Captain Rodgers received the thanks of Congress, 
December 23, 1863, and was promoted to commodore with rank 
from the date of the capture of the Atlanta. 

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CASE NUMBER 39. BANCROFT HALL 

Catalogue Number 169 

Jack of the United States brig Truxtun, Commander Henry 
Bruce. The Tnixtun grounded during the attack on Tuxpan, 
Mexico, by the squadron under Commodore David Conner, August 
15, 1846. The guns of the Truxtwi and two jacks were recovered 
when Tuxpan, under General Perfecto de Cos, was taken by a 
landing force under Captain Samuel Livingston Breese, from the 
Gulf Squadron, under Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry, 
April 18, 1847. 

Catalogue Number 116 

Spanish captain's pennant. Dewey collection. " Taken from 
vessels after the battle of Manila Bay, May 1, 1898." 

Catalogue Number SO 

Ensign of the LTnited States steamer Ellis, Lieutenant William 
Barker Gushing. The Ellis entered New River Inlet and landed a 
force, which took possession of Jacksonville, North Carolina, 
November 23, 1862. Attacked on her way back, she ran aground. 
After a desperate resistance. Gushing set fire to the Ellis and 
escaped in a captured schooner. The Ellis blew up on the morning 
of November 24, 1862. Gushing was commended for his gallantry 
by Rear Admiral Samuel Phillips Lee. 

Catalogue Number 23 

Ensign of the Confederate States gunboat Ellis, Lieutenant 
Commander James W. Cooke. Captured by the United States 
Steamer Ceres, Acting Volunteer Lieutenant John McDiarmid, 
during the capture and destruction of the forts and gunboats at 
Elizabeth City, North Carolina, by Captain Stephen Clegg Row- 
an's Division, February 10, 1862. 

Catalogue Number 82 

Pennant of the United States steamer Thomas Freeborn, of the 
First Division, Potomac Flotilla. The Thomas Freeborn, under 
Commander James H. Ward, and the Monticello, Captain Fred- 
erick Engle, engaged the Confederate battery at Sewell's Point, 
May 18-19, 1861. With the Anacostia, the Resolute and the 
Pawnee, she attacked a Confederate naval battery at Aquia Greek, 
Virginia, driving the enemy from their position, May 31 and June 
1, 1861. With the Reliance, she landed a force at Mathias Point, 
Virginia, June 27, 1861. The attack was repulsed; Commander 
Ward met his death. Under Lieutenant Commander Samuel 
Magaw, the Thomas Freeborn silenced the enemy's fire at Mobjack 
Bay, Virginia, April 29, 1862. She patrolled the Potomac River 
during the war, from Alexandria to Wicomico River, Maryland, 
taking part in various operations, the most important being the 
search for the assassin of President Lincoln. 

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CASE NUMBER 40. BANCROFT HALL 
Catalogue Number 72 

Ensign of the United States sloop-of-war Vandalia. 

The Vandalia, under Commander John Pope, was in the squad- 
ron which made the expedition to Japan under Commodore Mat- 
thew Calbraith Perry. She was with the squadron during 1853- 
1854. 

Under Commander Francis S. Haggerty, she took part in the 
capture of Port Royal, South Carolina, by the squadron under 
Commodore Samuel Francis Du Pont, November 7, 1861. 

On March 15, 1889, the United States ships Trenton, Vandalia 
and Nipsic, the British ship Calliope, the German ships Adler, Olga 
and Eber, together with a German and a Danish merchantman, 
were anchored in the harbor of Apia, Samoa, when a hurricane 
drove ashore or sank all but the Calliope, which succeeded in get- 
ting to sea. At 1 p. m., on the 15th, Captain Cornelius Marius 
Schoonmaker, commanding the Vandalia, sent down the yards, 
housed topmasts, and got up steam, at a signal from the flagship 
Trenton, Rear Admiral Lewis Ashfield Kimberly. About mid- 
night the Vandalia began to drag her anchors. In spite of a full 
head of steam, she struck sternmost on the lee reef at 10.45 a. m., 
on the 16th. As she filled and settled, the Trenton, Captain Nor- 
man von Heldreich Farquhar, drifted alongside and rescued many 
of the men from the rigging. The Vandalia was totally lost. 

Captain Schoonmaker, Paymaster Frank Hiram Arms, First 
Lieutenant Francis Eskridge Sutton, Marine Corps, and Pay Clerk 
John Roche, with 39 men, were lost from the Vandalia. At the 
death of the commanding officer, the executive officer, Lieutenant 
James William Carlin, took command. On the morning of the 
17th, the survivors were taken ashore in boats from the Trenton. 



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CASE NUMBER 41. BANCROFT HALL 
Catalogue Number 138 

Ensign of the Spanish cruiser Cristobal Colon, 
Captain Jose Maria de Paredes. Taken after the 
battle off Santiago de Cuba by men from the 
United States battleship Oregon, Captain Charles 
Edgar Clark, July 3, 1898. 

Catalogue Number 146 
Pennant of the Spanish armed steamer Santo 
Domingo. Captured by the United States auxil- 
iary cruiser Eagle, Lieutenant William Henry 
Hudson Southerland, July 12, 1898. 

The Santo Domingo, while attempting to run 
the blockade, was chased by the Eaglet ?ind ran 
aground off Piedras Point, west of the Isle of 
Pines, on the southwest coast of Cuba. She was 
boarded by a boat's crew, and afterward, being 
hard aground/was burned. 



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INDEX 

TO 

CASE INSCRIPTIONS FROM OFFICIAL CATALOGUE OF THE 
TROPHY FLAGS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY 

Name Case or space 

in ceiling 

Albemarle, ensign of the Confederate ram, No. 22 Case 21 

Alert, ensign of the British ship-sloop, No. 55 Case 12 

Atlanta, jack of the Confederate ram. No. 59 Case 38 

" Avon," British jack marked, No. 2 Case 18 

Berceau, le, ensign of the French ship, No. 170 Case 24 

" Beresford," British ensign marked. No. 38 Case 5 

Boxer, ensign of the British brig, No. 36 Case 4 

British Royal Standard, No. 14 Ceiling 14 

Capitan de f ragata, commanding division, Spanish flag of. No. 101 . Case 37 
Capitan de navio, first class, commanding division, flag of. No. 97. .Case 28 
Capitan de navio, junior grade, commanding division, flag of. No. 

118 Case 28 

Captain-General, Spanish army, flag of. No. 85 Case 31 

Captain's pennant from the Don Juan de Austria, No. 91 Case 28 

Captain's pennant, Spanish navy. No. 116 Case 39 

Cavite Arsenal, Spanish ensign taken from, No. 92 Case 35 

Cavite, surrender flag of, a sheet, No. 172 Case 28 

Cebu, ensign of the Spanish armed transport, No. 136 Case 31 

Chinese, Boxer flag, artillery. No. 35 Case 15 

Chinese pirate flag, No. 10 Case 29 

Chippewa, ensign of the British schooner. No. 42 Case 11 

Chippewa, 2 pennants of the British schooner, No. 40 Ceiling 40 

Chub, ensign of the British sloop. No. 28 Case 25 

Colonial flag, replica of, No. 48 Case 32 

Colonial flag, replica of. No. 49 Case 32 

Commodore's pennant, 1776-1860, replica. No. 56 Case 32 

Commodore's pennant, 1776-1860, replica. No. 57 Case 32 

Confiance, ensign of the British ship. No. 24 Ceiling 24 

Corregidor Island, Spanish ensign taken from. No. 104 Case 36 

Cristobal Colon, ensign of the Spanish cruiser, No. 137 Case 33 

Cristobal Colon, ensign of the Spanish cruiser, No. 138 Case 41 

Cyane, ensign of the British ship, No. 1 Ceiling 1 

Cyane, jack of the British ship, No. 64 Case 3 

Detroit, ensign of the British ship. No. 50 Ceiling 50 

Detroit, jack of the British ship, No. 171 Case 23 

Detroit, pennant of the British ship. No. 52 Ceiling 52 

Dominica, jack of the British schooner. No. 33 Case 8 

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jjgi^g Case or Space 

in ceiling 

Don Antonio de Ulloa, ensign of the Spanish cruiser, No. 86 Case Zl 

Don Antonio de Ulloa, ensign of the Spanish cruiser, No. 95 Case 20 

Don Antonio de Ulloa, ensign of the Spanish cruiser. No. 125 Case 35 

Don Juan de Austria, captain's pennant from the Spanish cruiser. 

No. 91 Case 28 

Don Jorge Juan, battle flag of the Spanish gunboat, No. 142 Case 36 

Don Jorge Juan, jack of the Spanish gunboat, No. 143 Case 28 

Duke of Gloucester, jack of the British brig, No. 70 Ceiling 70 

Ellis, ensign of the Confederate gunboat. No. 23 Case 39 

Ellis, ensign of the U. S. S., No. 80 Case 39 

Epervier, jack of the British brig. No. 67 Case 8 

Estedio, ensign of the Algerine brig, No. 71 Ceiling 71 

Estedio, pennant of the Algerine brig, No. 29 Case 38 

Farragut's admiral's flag. No. 9 Case 26 

Filipino Insurgent flag. No. 110 Case 28 

Freeborn, pennant of the U. S. S. Thomas, No. 82 Case 39 

Frolic, ensign of the British brig. No. 54 Ceiling 54 

Furor, ensign of the Spanish destroyer. No. 130 Case 35 

General of Brigade, Spanish flag of. No. 108 Case Z7 

Governor-General, Spanish flag of, No. 121 Case 31 

Guam, official flag of. No. 87 Case 31 

Guam, Spanish flag taken at the surrender of. No. 88 Case 31 

Guam, Spanish flag taken at the surrender of, No. 89 Case 37 

Guam, Spanish flag taken at the surrender of, No. 90 Case 28 

Guam, Spanish flag from governor's palace. No. 144 Case 37 

Guerriere, jack of the British frigate. No. 4 Ceiling 4 

Guerriere, pennant of the British frigate. No. 5 Ceiling 5 

Highflyer, ensign of the British schooner. No. 8 Case 9 

Hunter, ensign of the British brig, No. 31 Case 12 

Hunter, pennant of the British brig, No. 75 Ceiling 53 

Huron, boat flag from the U. S. S., No. 79 Case 13 

Insurgente, 1'. ensign of the French frigate. No. 15 Case 14 

Jalapa squadron-of-the-line, cavalry guidon of. No. 62 Case 27 

Japan, first U. S. ensign hoisted in. No. 19 Case 19 

Java, ensign of the British frigate. No. 26 Case 1 

Kearsarge, ensign of the U. S. S., No. 13 Case 21 

King George HI guidon. No. 78 Case 16 

Korean Generalissimo's Standard, No. 16 Case 22 

Korean flags Cases 27, 29, 30 

Lady Prevost, ensign of the British schooner, No. 66 Ceiling 66 

Lady Prevost, pennant of the British schooner, No. 12) Ceiling 73 

Landrail, jack of the British cutter, No. 45 Ceiling 45 

Levant, ensign of the British ship. No. 30 Ceiling 30 

Linnet, ensign of the British brig, No. 39 Case 6 

Little Belt, ensign of the British sloop. No. 25 Case 3 

Macedonian, ensign of the British frigate. No. 53 Ceiling 53 

Maine, ensign of the U. S. S., No. 11 Case 7 

Maine, jack of the U. S. S., No. 76 Case 17 

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Name Case or space 

in ceihriK 

Manila, official flag of. No. 113 Case 34 

Mashouda, ensign of the Algerine frigate, No. 68 Ceiling 68 

Mexican flag, captured at Mazatlan, No. 43 Case 13 

Mexican flag, captured at Mazatlan, No. 51 Case 27 

Mexican flag, captured at Monterey, No. 65 Case 27 

Mexican flag, marked " San Juan," No. 20 Case 27 

Mexican flag, captured at Tuxpan, No. 7 Case 27 

Montojo, flag of Rear Admiral Patricio, No. 114 Case 34 

New Ironsides, ensign of the U. S. S., No. 83 Case 19 

Peacock, ensign of the British brig. No. 63 Ceiling 63 

Penguin, ensign of the British sloop. No. 27 Ceiling 27 

Perry, battle flag of Master Commandant Oliver Hazard, No. 12. .Ceiling 12 
Perry, flag raised in Japan by Commodore Matthew Calbraith, 

No. 19 Case 19 

Porto Rico, first Spanish flag hauled down by United States forces 

in, No. 133 Case 36 

Queen Charlotte, ensign of the British ship. No. 37 Case 2 

Queen Charlotte, pennant of the British ship, No. 41 Ceiling 41 

Rear Admiral's boat flag, Spanish navy, No. 140 Case 31 

Rear Admiral's flag, Spanish navy. No. 107 Case 33 

Rear Admiral's flag, Spanish navy. No. 134 Case 33 

Reindeer, ensign of the British brig, No. 3 Ceiling 3 

Royal Standard, British, No. 14 Ceiling 14 

Saginaw's gig, flag of the, No. 81 Case 19 

San Jose, garrison flag of. No. 69 Case 10 

Santo Domingo, ensign of the Spanish armed steamer. No. 129. . . .Case 2>7 
Santo Domingo, pennant of the Spanish armed steamer. No. 146. .Case 41 

Spanish boat flag. No. 102 Case 31 

Spanish merchant flag. No. 103 Case 34 

Spitfire, ensign of the U. S. S., No. 21 Case 38 

St. Lawrence, ensign of the British schooner. No. 6 Case 11 

Thomas Freeborn, pennant of the U. S. S., No. 82 Case 39 

Truxtun, jack of the U. S. S., No. 168 Case 10 

Truxtun, jack of the U. S. S., No. 169 Case 39 

Unknown history, flag of, No. 17 Case 32 

Unknown history, flag of. No. 58 Case 16 

Unknown history, flag of, with numerals 8 14, No. 60 Case 18 

Vandalia, boat flag of the U. S. S., No. 173 Case 38 

Vandalia, ensign of the U. S. S., No. 72 Case 40 

Vera Cruz squadron-of-the-line, cavalry guidon of the. No. 61. . . .Case 27 



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